The Apple iPhone - 8GB (AT&T)

This is the phone liked by everyone, be it the editors of cell review site or the users. The editors have rated it as an excellent phone and the users have rated it as a very good phone. It is a pretty phone with and easy to use and overall it has the touch screen facility. The display is 3.5 inches, quite matching with the size of the set. The phone is attractive. The phone does not have a keyboard as it is touch screen, the keyboard is virtually present in the screen itself, and this makes typing easier and quicker and also minimizes error.

The phone comes with a 2-mega-pixel camera with no editing options in the camera which is quite surprising. There is no flash and self portrait mirror either. But still the photo quality is excellent and the colors are very bright and rich. Personal videos cannot be taken but music videos or other such videos can be stored. The contact book of the phone is limited to its memory. Each entry can support up to eight phone numbers, email, web and street addresses, notes, birthdays, job title and so on. There are total 25 polyphonic ring tones. Groups cannot be formed but individuals can be assigned with photo for caller ID purpose. Basic features like alarm clock, timer, world clock, calculator, notepad, calendar and a stopwatch is also present. Both messages and email can be received and sent through the phone. The music player of the set has an amazing quality and it has an integrated speaker and also comes with a video player. The phone supports both Bluetooth and WI-FI connectivity. Word and Excel documents can be read but not edited in this phone.

It is great as an iPod, has a sleek design and the multi touch user interface is quite innovative.

The call quality varies from good to bad, lacks stereo Bluetooth, 3G compatibility and few basic features.

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